Priest, California

Priest Station Cafe & Store

Priest, also known as Priest Station or Priest's Station, is an unincorporated locality 1 mile (1.6 km) southwest of Big Oak Flat in Tuolumne County, California.[1][2][3] It is the eastern terminus of the New Priest Grade and the Old Priest Grade.

The site was established as a stagecoach stop and hotel in 1849; the hotel did good business until it was destroyed in a wildfire in 1926. A motel was later built on the site, replaced by a store and cafe in 2007.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Priest Populated Place Profile". Home Town Locator. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
  2. ^ "Priest, United States". ITA. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
  3. ^ "Priest". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  4. ^ Holland, John (November 9, 2009). "Family business (again): Priest Station Cafe & Store opens at site of 1850s hotel". The Modesto Bee. Modesto, CA. Retrieved December 9, 2023.

37°48′51″N 120°16′22″W / 37.81417°N 120.27278°W / 37.81417; -120.27278


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